Tuning levers

[Marcel Carey]

Hello Geg !

Well, I've tried almost all of them and here are my findings:

The extension hammer I don't use anymore because of the weight. I
personnally find that I get arm fatigue from moving it from pin to pin
all day long especially since I'm doing it with my arm almost at full
extension.

The Wonderwand, I got and found, like Suzan, that it flexed too much
and the ball was too big for my taste. I ended up making my own. Using
a replacement extension and a piece of maple, I made one on the lathe
that looks like the titanium one. If I had more money, I'd buy the
titanium one, but I can make my own and have spares and also try
different shapes. The one I use every day has the same shape as the
titanium one advertised in the journal and I can't bring myself to go
back to the extension one.

But then, this is just me...

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of Greg Newell
> Sent: 25 novembre, 2002 16:23
> To: pianotech@ptg.org; MPT@philbondi.com
> Subject: Tuning levers
>
>
> Greetings listees,
>          Could I please have your opinions about either the
> Wonderwand, and
> "THE ORIGINAL TITANIUM TUNING HAMMER" as advertised in the
> Journal and the
> Japanese levers from Pianotek? I am in need of replacing my
> original Hale
> lever which I sheared the head off of about a month ago. I
> guess I really
> shouldn't leave them out in the car on cold winter nights
> huh? I'm keenly
> interested in the fit of the tip as was recently mentioned.
> Although I was
> able to find replacement shanks and heads and tip for my
> Hale lever through
> Schaff they quickly stripped as the threading is not so
> good, to say the
> least. I saw a few at Chicago's convention but as luck
> would have it I
> didn't need one then. I'm leaning toward staying with an
> extension hammer
> as it allows some clearance of the bulk of the lever in tight plate
> configurations. This seems more prevalent in high treble
> areas. Any hands
> down favorites out there of these or any other levers?
>
> Greg Newell
>
> P.S. impact hammer users need not respond. That's
> definitely not for me! :-)
>
> P.P.S. I concerned about available parts , i.e. tips and such.
>
> Greg Newell
> mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
>